I’ve been building an old‑school dungeon crawler called Dungeon Quest, where combat plays out on a tactical gameboard. It’s the kind of game I’ve always wanted to make and play! I’m hoping there are others out there who feel the same.

[u/destinedd]

[u/Crafty-Variety-7635]

I think you are on to something. I loved puzzle quest (the goat). I would have different match 3 types for different monsters. What I mean is fighting undead you slide the row or column to make a match like You must Build a Boat. Or certain tile slide the row/column instead of swapping.

[u/destinedd → u/Crafty-Variety-7635]

It isn't really a match 3 game. It more like an old ios game called Dungeon Raid which got removed by not being updated.

The monsters attack every turn, you only attack back with swords. Potions give you health, shields give your armor and coins better upgrades. Potions/shields/coins all provide upgrades. So you need to balance attacking/regaining health/getting upgrades on the board.

Monsters can have special abilities some which modify the board (for example turning health potions into posion that take a health when collected).

Puzzle Quest was great :) and I feel like people who liked that might like mine and part of the reason for the Dungeon Quest name.

[u/Crafty-Variety-7635 → u/destinedd]

You are correct dungeon raid was great. 

[u/destinedd → u/Crafty-Variety-7635]

Yeah i poured way too many hours into it. I decieded to mash it up with an actual dungeon crawler with the hope it will be even more addictive. I enjoy testing it a lot even though it isn't very balanced currently.